Our weekly Under The Radar segment is for those indie iOS games that wouldn’t otherwise get much attention. These games have been selected out of hundreds of new App Store games for their creative concepts, impressive artwork, or fun gameplay. Check out past Under The Radar posts here, or skip straight to the good stuff with our Best Of compilation.

Nowadays, going through an airport security checkpoint can be both intimidating and invasive. In this game, you get to be the one responsible for keeping the line moving while sorting out potential terrorists. As passengers place their bags on the scanner, you have to quickly tap on the illegal items, like knives, guns, or explosives. Delay too long, and you’ll break the X-ray machine or cause passengers to miss their flight. This game is loaded with clever digs at the TSA, plus fun extras like a cash-for-justice minigame between levels.

While Gorilla Smash looks like yet another Fruit Ninja clone, it’s actually a bit more interesting than that. Instead of swiping onscreen, you have to whirl a heavy flail in a circle, gathering enough speed to smash through heavy objects like chairs and barrels. There are three different gameplay modes, and lots of unlockable backgrounds and flails, so check this one out if you need to release some gorilla-style aggression.

If you’re looking for a great fighting game, download King of Fighters-i 2012 or Marvel vs Capcom 2. If you’re looking to mash on the screen while anime girls tear off each others’ clothes, download Angel Fight HD. This fighting game is heavy on the perversion– every character is a buxom female, and each strikes a provocative pose when they’re beaten. The controls aren’t very precise, but if you’re downloading this game just for the sexy graphics, that probably won’t matter much.

Turns out, all that silicon and glass on Earth weren’t just natural resources– they’re the remnants of an ancient robotic species called Nanovors. You can train, upgrade, and fight your Nanovors just like Pokemon, and take them online to play with others. Since this is a freemium game, you’ll be able to download it initially for nothing, but then pay a little extra to upgrade your attacks faster.

In this adorable and strange game, you play as a sleepy sloth on a jet engine, zipping through space. As you fly around, you’ll have to deliver hamburgers to tiny floating spacemen. If you’re not careful, you can hit space debris or miss too many customers. Of all the hamburger-delivering, space-themed sloth games we’ve played, Star Sloth is… well, the only one.

So many games come out for iOS on a regular basis that it can be difficult to keep track of them all, let alone review them. In this edition of Under the Radar, I highlight a handful of games from this summer that I enjoyed immensely. Whether it’s because of ingenuity in gameplay, or a great mix of old-school and new, these are games, in no particular order, that captured my attention over the last few months. (more…)

We regularly cover the big new iOS games, but there’s even more to the App Store. Every day, dozens of indie iOS games come out of the woodwork. Here are our picks for the best new games from small studios, which you might not have heard of yet.

It can be hard to find quality indie games on the App Store– not because there aren’t enough, but because there are too many. Instead of taking a chance based on a game’s App Store icon, description, and user reviews, try some of our suggestions this week for an alternative gaming experience. Even better– three of this week’s picks are free to download!

Big-name games tend to perform well in the App Store, because gamers often gravitate towards known commodities like After Burner Climax or Gun Bros 2. While we love to review popular brands, we’re also looking for the next big thing from the indie iOS development community. Here are our picks for the new indie iOS games that we think really shine.

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